't Waar

't Waar (Dutch pronunciation: [ət ˈʋaːr]) is a village in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands.

It is located in the municipality of Oldambt, just north of the village of Nieuw-Scheemda.

[3] The villages was first mentioned in 1781 as 't Waar, and means sluice.

[4] It refers to a sluice constructed in 1622 in the Termunterzijldiep [nl] to regulate the water flow.

[6] On 15 April 1945, the village celebrate its liberation when German soldiers threw handgrenades into the crowd killing five civilians and one Polish soldier.